Forecast Details for Drake, ND

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Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 44. Windy, with a south wind 21 to 31 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Tonight: Rain, mainly before 3am. Low around 33. Windy, with a south wind 16 to 25 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Wednesday: A slight chance of rain before 9am, then a chance of rain and snow between 9am and 4pm, then a chance of rain after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 41. Windy, with a west wind 18 to 23 mph increasing to 29 to 34 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 44 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Windy, with a northwest wind 21 to 26 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 44. Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. West wind 7 to 10 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 57. West wind 6 to 8 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38. Southeast wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Breezy, with a south wind 16 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Southeast wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Sunday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. East wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Northeast wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Monday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. Breezy, with a north wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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